* INSTALL.REPO: Mention minimum Git version.

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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index eecdad64785..2ab82350da2 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-01-26  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
+
+        * INSTALL.REPO: Mention minimum Git version.
+
 2015-01-25  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
         Use gnustep-config if available
diff --git a/INSTALL.REPO b/INSTALL.REPO
index df997fbd285..3431ee480bf 100644
--- a/INSTALL.REPO
+++ b/INSTALL.REPO
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ autoconf  - at least the version specified near the start of
   configure.ac (in the AC_PREREQ command).
 automake  - at least the version specified near the start of
   configure.ac (in the AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE command).
+git - at least Git 1.7.1.  If your repository was created by an older
+  Git version, you may need to reclone it.
 makeinfo  - not strictly necessary, but highly recommended, so that
   you can build the manuals.